'Mudcake and Shrew' by Dawnell Smith

Our third story in the Anchorage Narrative series is set in 1964, the day of the Good Friday Earthquake, which destroyed much of Anchorage. Our story focuses on a single mother who works at the JC Penney's that was totalled in the quake.View PDF of Smith's "Mudcakes & Shrew".

Authors

Narratives

Points of Interest

4th Avenue (1915)

Tent City at the Knik Anchorage

Fish Camp at Ta'kat (Cairn Point)

JC Penney Building (1964)

Walk From Fairview

Home in Mountain View

Sponsors

nathan shafer | the institute for speculative media Anchorage Centennial Celebration 2015“This project is supported in part by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum, the Rasmuson Foundation, and the Anchorage Centennial Celebration. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition/website do not necessarily represent those of the Forum.”